MotoGP 2015

[Autech]

Either that, or some local banjo players looking for fresh meat.

I hope manxkiwi pops his nose in to this thread and reads that lol

[puddytat]

Marquez got away with his usual on the limit stuff, anyone see how crossed up he was into turn 1 lap 1? .

Phark yeah that was really out of shape.
There was a really good slomo of Rossi saving a rear wheel slide too

[Shaun Harris]

Phark yeah that was really out of shape.
There was a really good slomo of Rossi saving a rear wheel slide too

Yea the Rossi one was super cool

[Autech]

That Rossi save was bonkers, forgot about that. Had me applauding the television.


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[Jezxa]

Interesting read from Cycle World

http://bit.ly/1BDLEGf

Interesting indeed. That makes a lot of sense and explains what we've been seeing from the Hondas this season

[pritch]

Interesting indeed. That makes a lot of sense and explains what we've been seeing from the Hondas this season

Kevin Cameron is a brilliant technical writer.

[Crasherfromwayback]

Kevin Cameron is a brilliant technical writer.

The best ever in my opinion.

[BMWST?]

The best ever in my opinion.

Quality stuff for eons,i remember reading his stuff I old cycle magazines!

[steveyb]

I just watched the Marquez's nightmare weekend video on Motogp site.
The lap where he ran really wide in T1, but came back and didn't lose a place.
It looks so much to me that his front tyre was sliding across the track and leaving a black line.
Have a close look, tell me I'm right or wrong.
How can a bike be so screwed up to do that? I'm baffled by it.

[BMWST?]

I just watched the Marquez's nightmare weekend video on Motogp site.
The lap where he ran really wide in T1, but came back and didn't lose a place.
It looks so much to me that his front tyre was sliding across the track and leaving a black line.
Have a close look, tell me I'm right or wrong.
How can a bike be so screwed up to do that? I'm baffled by it.

It's not totally screwed,but at this level a small problem is magnified,and MM riding style is making the problem even more noticeable.the pendulum has swung towards the yamahas,but next sesson the yamaha may well have gone to far in one direction,and the hondas may be back towards "middle" ground in the next couple of meetings

[Autech]

I am wondering if MM will have to change his riding style up a bit to see if it helps. Dani doesnt look anyway near as uncomfortable with the bike and was catching him at Mugello. Next round will be the most telling I think for all the Honda boys


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[Shaun Harris]

I am wondering if MM will have to change his riding style up a bit to see if it helps. Dani doesnt look anyway near as uncomfortable with the bike and was catching him at Mugello. Next round will be the most telling I think for all the Honda boys


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Different tyres they will be trying at next round may help there problem. MM causing the side wall of the tyre to collapse that much, that he obviously looses grip big time and over works the tyre getting it too hot to soon destroying its goodness to soon. And this in turns upsets the suspension which then causes chassis pitching issue,s also, meaning loss of rear grip also, and more destroyed over worked tyres.

[manxkiwi]

Either that, or some local banjo players looking for fresh meat.

Nothin' like a good storm to get some unsuspectin' yunguns in yer front room! Sure got a purdy mouth...

[BMWST?]

i rate MV but i never expected this

Pos.	Num.	Rider	Nation	Team	Bike	Km/h	Time	Gap 1st[COLOR=black !important]/[/COLOR]Prev.
1	25	Maverick VIÑALES	SPA	Team SUZUKI ECSTAR	Suzuki	336.5	1'41.105
2	99	Jorge LORENZO	SPA	Movistar Yamaha MotoGP	Yamaha	337.0	1'41.158	0.053 / 0.053
3	41	Aleix ESPARGARO	SPA	Team SUZUKI ECSTAR	Suzuki	336.1	1'41.232	0.127 / 0.074
4	4	Andrea DOVIZIOSO	ITA	Ducati Team	Ducati	345.4	1'41.384	0.279 / 0.152
5	44	Pol ESPARGARO	SPA	Monster Yamaha Tech 3	Yamaha	339.8	1'41.473	0.368 / 0.089
6	46	Valentino ROSSI	ITA	Movistar Yamaha MotoGP	Yamaha	339.6	1'41.479	0.374 / 0.006
7	93	Marc MARQUEZ	SPA	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	345.2	1'41.563	0.458 / 0.084
8	35	Cal CRUTCHLOW	GBR	CWM LCR Honda	Honda	342.5	1'41.644	0.539 / 0.081
9	68	Yonny HERNANDEZ	COL	Octo Pramac Racing	Ducati	345.1	1'41.658	0.553 / 0.014
10	38	Bradley SMITH	GBR	Monster Yamaha Tech 3	Yamaha	337.9	1'41.667	0.562 / 0.009
11	26	Dani PEDROSA	SPA	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	342.3	1'41.699	0.594 / 0.032
12	29	Andrea IANNONE	ITA	Ducati Team	Ducati	344.1	1'41.864	0.759 / 0.165
13	45	Scott REDDING	GBR	EG 0,0 Marc VDS	Honda	340.3	1'41.994	0.889 / 0.130
14	8	Hector BARBERA	SPA	Avintia Racing	Ducati	341.0	1'42.222	1.117 / 0.228
15	9	Danilo PETRUCCI	ITA	Octo Pramac Racing	Ducati	342.3	1'42.381	1.276 / 0.159
16	6	Stefan BRADL	GER	Athinà Forward Racing	Yamaha Forward	338.4	1'42.458	1.353 / 0.077
17	19	Alvaro BAUTISTA	SPA	Aprilia Racing Team Gresini	Aprilia	334.2	1'42.519	1.414 / 0.061
18	63	Mike DI MEGLIO	FRA	Avintia Racing	Ducati	336.4	1'42.623	1.518 / 0.104
19	69	Nicky HAYDEN	USA	Aspar MotoGP Team	Honda	333.0	1'42.723	1.618 / 0.100
20	43	Jack MILLER	AUS	CWM LCR Honda	Honda	333.8	1'42.805	1.700 / 0.082
21	76	Loris BAZ	FRA	Athinà Forward Racing	Yamaha Forward	329.8	1'42.817	1.712 / 0.012
22	17	Karel ABRAHAM	CZE	AB Motoracing	Honda	334.3	1'43.013	1.908 / 0.196
23	50	Eugene LAVERTY	IRL	Aspar MotoGP Team	Honda	330.6	1'43.267	2.162 / 0.254
24	15	Alex DE ANGELIS	RSM	E-Motion IodaRacing Team	ART	326.6	1'44.571	3.466 / 1.304
25	33	Marco MELANDRI	ITA	Aprilia Racing Team Gresini	Aprilia	330.9	1'45.206	4.101 / 0.635

Weather Conditions:

| Track Condition: Dry| Air: 24º|Humidity: 60%| Ground: 30ºRecords:

Fastest Lap:	Lap: 16	Maverick VIÑALES	1'41.105	168.3 Km/h
Circuit Record Lap:	2014	Marc MARQUEZ	1'42.182	166.5 Km/h
Best Lap:	2013	Dani PEDROSA	1'40.893	168.6 Km/h

[pritch]

i rate MV but i never expected this

Apparently Catalunya suits the Suzuki. At their first test there with the new bike they got to within .6 of the lap record.

Rossi just made Q2 by the skin of his teeth. Pedro is stuck in Q1.